Elijah | Faith in the Crucible - Season 5, Episode 106
Why do good, faithful people still suffer unexplainable tragedy, and how should they respond when it comes? Pastor Dorrell examines this question through the widow of Zarephath's crisis in 1 Kings 17:17-24, confronting the instinct to blame ourselves, others, or God when hardship strikes despite a life of obedience. He contrasts her panic with Elijah's response of carrying the grief straight to the Lord in prayer, showing that suffering starting with God rather than starting with pain builds trust instead of bitterness. Listeners are challenged to surrender their right to blame, to lay their unexplained hurt at the altar, and to let the crucible of suffering deepen rather than poison their faith.
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Elijah | The Illusion of Self-Reliance - Season 5, Episode 103
What happens when the stockpile runs dry and there's nothing left to rely on? Pastor Dorrell examines the widow of Zarephath, down to her last handful of meal, whom God commands to feed Elijah before herself, showing how her radical act of surrender unlocks daily, sustained provision rather than abundant reserve. He argues that human security instinctively seeks full silos while God instead offers his own faithful character, teaching dependence one day at a time. Listeners are challenged to stop trusting the stockpile and instead step out in faith, surrendering what's in hand to the God who provides what's needed, one day at a time.
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Elijah | When You Can't See What's Next - Season 5, Episode 100
Why does obedience to God sometimes lead somewhere that makes no sense at all? Pastor Andrew examines Elijah's move from boldly confronting Ahab to hiding alone by a drying brook, showing how God rarely reveals the whole map before asking for the next step. He traces how Elijah had to depend on daily provision through the ravens and a brook that later would run dry, learning that his confidence had to rest in God himself rather than in any gift God had given. Listeners are challenged to obey what God has already made clear today, rather than withholding trust until He explains where tomorrow is headed.
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Elijah | Elijah the Tishbite - Season 5, Episode 97
Why does moral decline rarely happen overnight, and what does God do when a culture has fully surrendered to the dark? Opening a new series on Elijah, Pastor Dorrell traces Israel's slow institutional drift from David through Ahab and Jezebel, showing how compromise, left uncorrected, becomes normalized and then institutionalized. Into that darkness, 1 Kings 17 introduces Elijah without pedigree or preamble, a rugged outsider from Gilead whose confrontation with Baal worship rests entirely on his standing before God rather than the approval of kings or culture. Listeners are challenged to ask what changes in any room, family, or church because they are present, and to choose the character and courage to be that difference.
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When the Fire Fades - Season 5, Episode 67
God speaks, moves, and works — and then real life shows up. What do you do when the spiritual high fades and the enemy is already at the door? Pastor Andrew Calabrese examines Elijah’s swift collapse after the victory on Mount Carmel, drawing a direct line between the prophet’s experience and the believer’s life after any significant moment of spiritual clarity. The central conviction is this: a decision made in a moment only becomes real when it is walked out in ordinary life. Resist isolation, remember what God said, and keep moving forward — because God’s faithfulness doesn’t expire when the feeling does.
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Purposeful Parenting | The Root of the Problem: Indulgence - Episode 13
The starting place in parenting is to look in a mirror and examine our own character and discipline before we impose something on our children. If we can't ask our children to emulate us, we have a problem. We ought to desire to be the chief influence in the lives of our children. The hope of the future is not our children but those who are training them. Failure to restrain and train ourselves and our own appetites is the root of most problems in parenting. Your children need you to be what they are not so that one day they can be what you are.
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